Do You Remember "Farm Aid?"

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Do You Remember “Farm Aid?” In 1985, Willie Nelson organized the first Farm Aid concert, to help farmers in the USA, who were struggling to stay afloat. Family farms are just as endangered today as they were back then. In recent years, the USA has seen as many as 80,000 midsize growers fall into bankruptcy or similar situations, closing down their farms. Everyone should really have a small garden from which to reap some home-grown vegetables. I was reading recently about two New Yorkers who had a dream of growing vegetables but had no land to accomplish that dream. What did they do? They converted a 1986 Dodge pickup into a “field on wheels.” When their veggies started sprouting, the neighbors took notice. This was the beginning of a documentary “King Corn,” based on their movable plot that they took to about 30 schools in the eastern USA, showing kids that a person can grow a garden almost anywhere. Have you seen this documentary? Picture by Pixabay